History of Astronomy : What's new

History of Astronomy:
What's new at this site on July 30, 1999

Several URLs have been updated.

Welcome / About

• Introduction
  new page
• Site map (complete Table of Contents)
  updated
• Citation Index
  updated
• Acknowledgements
  updated

History of astronomy

Observatories and other places

• Berlin, Germany
  • Die Astronomie im geteilten Berlin (in German)
  • Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik: Überblick über alle Mitglieder des Instituts (in German)
    All staff members since 1968.
  • Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik: Überblick über die Abschlüsse am Institut (in German)
    Habilitationen, Dissertationen, Diplomarbeiten

Persons

• A
  • Ambolt, Nils Peter (1900-1969)
    • Very short biographical data and links
  • Ardeberg, Arne (b. 1940)
    • Very short biographical data and links
• B
  • Ball, Robert Stawell (1840-1913)
    • Biography and references
    • Ball, Robert Stawell: The Story of the Heavens, 1885
      Some scanned pages from the book.
    • Find more about R.S. Ball with Alta Vista
  • Bergstrand, Carl Östen Emanuel (1873-1948)
    • Very short biographical data and links
  • Bohlin, Karl Petrus T[h]eodor (1860-1939)
    • Very short biographical data and links
      With a short biography in Swedish.
  • Brag, Jonas (1781-1857)
    • Very short biographical data and links
      With a short biography in Swedish.
  • Brahe, Sofie [Sophia] (1556-1643)
    • Very short biographical data and links
  • Bredman, Johan (1770-1859)
    • Very short biographical data and links
      With a short biography in Swedish.
• C
  • Cronstrand, Simon Anders (1784-1850)
    • Very short biographical data and links
      With a short biography in Swedish.
• F
  • Falck, Anders (1740-1796)
    • Very short biographical data and links
      With a short biography in Swedish.
  • Flemløse, Peder Jakobsen (1554-1598)
    • Very short biographical data and links
  • Fredga, Kerstin (b. 1935)
    • Very short biographical data and links
• G
  • Gyldén, Johan August Hugo (1841-1896)
    • Very short biographical data and links
      With a short biography in Swedish.
• H
  • Hansen, Peter Andreas (1795-1874)
    • Very short biographical data and links
    • Find more about Hansen with Alta Vista
  • Hasselberg, Klas Bernhard (1848-1922)
    • Very short biographical data and links
      With a short biography in Swedish.
  • Hellant, Anders (1717-1789)
    • Very short biographical data and links
      With a short biography in Swedish.
  • Hjorter, Olof Petrus (1696-1750)
    • Very short biographical data and links
  • Horrebow [Horrebov], Peder Nielsen (1679-1764)
    • Very short biographical data and links
      With a short biography in Swedish.
• L
  • Lindhagen, Daniel Georg (1819-1906)
    • Very short biographical data and links
      With a short biography in Swedish.
  • Lindstedt, Anders (1854-1939)
    • Biographical data, archival sources and references
      With a short biography in Swedish.
  • Ljungberg, Jöns Mattias (1748-1812)
    • Biographical data, archival sources and references
      With a short biography in Swedish.
  • Longberg, Kristen Sorensen [Longomontanus; Severin, Christian] (1562-1647)
    • Very short biographical data and links
    • Find more about Longomontanus with Alta Vista
  • Lundmark, Knut Emil (1889-1958)
    • Very short biographical data and links
• M
  • Malin, David (20th c.)
    • Very short biography
    • Bibliography (Library of Congress entries)
    • Bibliography (ADS entries)
    • References (ADS entries)
  • Mallet, Fredrik (1728-1797)
    • Very short biographical data and links
      With a short biography in Swedish.
  • Malmquist, Karl Gunnar (1893-1982)
    • Very short biographical data and links
  • Melanderhjelm, Daniel (1726-1810)
    • Very short biographical data and links
      With a short biography in Swedish.
  • Möller, Didrik Magnus Axel (1830-1895)
    • Very short biographical data and links
      With a short biography in Swedish.
• N
  • Neander, Ernst Albin (1878-1928)
    • Very short biographical data and links
  • Nilson, Peter (1937-1998)
    • Short biography, bibliography and links (in Swedish, partially in English)
  • Nordmarck, Zakaria (1751-1828)
    • Very short biographical data and links
      With a short biography in Swedish.
• O
  • Öhman, Karl Yngve (1903-1988)
    • Very short biographical data and links
• P
  • Planman, Anders (1724-1803)
    • Very short biographical data and links
      With a short biography in Swedish.
  • Prosperin, Erik (1739-1803)
    • Very short biographical data and links
      With a short biography in Swedish.
• Q
  • Quensel, Conrad (1676-1732)
    • Very short biographical data and links
      With a short biography in Swedish.
• R
  • Regnér, Lars (1746 - 1810)
    • Very short biographical data and links
      With a short biography in Swedish.
  • Richard of Wallingford (1791/92-1336?)
    • The Astronomical Clock of Richard of Wallingford, by Nicholas Whyte
  • Rosén, Per Gustaf (1838-1914)
    • Very short biographical data and links
      With a short biography in Swedish.
  • Rosseland, Svein (1894-1985)
    • Very short biographical data and links
• S
  • Schjellerup, Hans Karl Frederik Kristian (1827-1887)
    • Very short biographical data and links
  • Schultán, Nathanael Gerhard af (1750-1825)
    • Very short biographical data and links
      With a short biography in Swedish.
  • Selander, Nils Haqvin (1804-1870)
    • Very short biographical data and links
      With a short biography and an obituary in Swedish.
  • Spole, Anders (1630-1699)
    • Very short biographical data and links
      With a short biography in Swedish.
  • Strömer, Mårten (1707-1770)
    • Very short biographical data and links
      With a short biography in Swedish.
  • Strömgren, Bengt Georg Daniel (1908-1987)
    • Very short biographical data and links
  • Strömgren, Svante Elis (1870-1947)
    • Very short biographical data and links
  • Sundman, Karl Fritiof (1873-1949)
    • Very short biographical data and links
  • Svanberg, Gustaf (1802-1882)
    • Very short biographical data and links
      With a short biography in Swedish.
  • Svanberg, Jöns (1771-1851)
    • Very short biographical data and links
      With a short biography in Swedish.
• T
  • Tamm, Nils A. O. (1876-1957)
    • Very short biographical data and links
• W
  • Wallenquist, Åke Anders Edvard (1904-1994)
    • Very short biographical data and links
  • Wargentin, Pehr Wilhelm (1717-1783)
    • Very short biographical data and links
      With short biographies in Swedish.
  • Wassenius [Vassenius], Birger (1687-1771)
    • Very short biographical data and links
      With a short biography in Swedish.
• Z
  • Zeipel, Edvard Hugo von (1873-1959)
    • Very short biographical data and links
• Index of all persons from A to Z (updated)

Items

• Astrology, Mythology, Religion, etc.
  • The assassination of Domitian, by Nicholas Whyte
    About the Roman Emperor Domitian and astrology.
• Instruments
  • The Astronomical Clock of Richard of Wallingford, by Nicholas Whyte
  • Hours and Unequal Hours, by Nicholas Whyte
    On medieval timekeeping.

Museums, memorials, historical places and exhibits

• Beijing (Peking), China
  • Beijing Ancient Observatory

Historians of astronomy

• Alchorn, Alane L.
  Including a list of publications
• Aveni, Anthony F.
  Including a list of selected publications
• Baity, William
• Finney, Ben
  Including a list of recent publications
• Gumerman, George
  Including a list of selected publications
• Holbrook, Jarita C.
• Hollabaugh, Mark
• Jing, Bing
• Meech, Karen Jean
  Including a list of publications
• Oechslin, Ludwig
  Including a list of publications
• Seeds, Michael A. (See also here.)
• Winkler, Louis

Working Group for the History of Astronomy

• Publications
  • Electronic newsletters
    • Electronic Newsletter for the History of Astronomy
      Number 38, July 30, 1999

Wolfgang R. Dick